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Team GB name four in women’s hockey squad for Paris 2024
Laura Roper during a Team GB kitting out session for the Paris Olympics 2024 at the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre, June 18, 2024

FOUR of Great Britain’s Olympic gold medallists from 2016 have been named in the women’s hockey squad for this summer’s Games in Paris.

Laura Roper, who also has two bronze medals from London and Tokyo, will make her fourth appearance at the age of 36 while captain Hollie Pearne-Webb, Lily Owsley and Giselle Ansley have all been selected for a third Games.

Six other players also have previous Olympic experience, while there are six debutants, including Tess Howard, who missed out in 2021 with a serious knee injury.

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